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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

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The performers" delight in tricky if
not fraudulent representation, and
whenever they are able to do so, gerry
mander parish. Union and Ascension
are cases in point. The State Central
Committee, in fixing the superintendent
in the convention, allowed each parish
one delegate to each 200 votes cast,
either for governor or presidential cleo
tors. In appurtioning the delegates
to the parish convention, however, no
attention was paid in Union to the
basis Of apportionment established by
the central committee; while In Ascen-
sion, the reformers, who happened TO
have a majority of two on the parish
committee, were guilty of piece of
petty chicanery, thoroughly character
istic of their methods.
Ascension cast 1918 votes for s. D..
McEnery for Governor and 821 for
Cleveland for President. Under the
first, it would be entitled, on the basis
of one delegate to every 200 votes, to
members in the State convention,
under the second to only 4. 1t is, of
course, natural that the parish should
select the first vote and, therefore, it
win send delegates to the State con-
vention, based on it's vote for Cover
nor; but when it comes down to elect
ing these delegates, how do "the
reformers" 60 about it ? One would
naturally conclude that IN electing 8
representatives, based on the vote for
Governor, the committee would take
that gubernatorlal vote. Nothing of
the sort.
Finding that this was unfavorable
to them, the Performers" drop it, and
in electing delegates, choose the prcsi-
dental or smaller vote. Was there
ever q checker gerrymander than
this, a greater trifing with the Popu
lar vote3 They are willing to take
the increased representation that the
vote for Governor gives the parish,
but in electing the representatives I'M
der 1t, they take an entirely different
basis. Ascension will have in the
State conventian s delegates, based on
the vote for Governor, but elected on
the vote for President, because that
gives the "reform" wards a larger rep
resentatlon than they are entitled to
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

TINS McEnery meeting and torch
light procession held at Baton Rouge,
tho FIRST part Of last week, is said TO
have been one Of the most imposing
gatherings Of the kind ever witnessed
ID Chat section.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

AT the present rate of increase, by
the time the next Issue of the EoHo
goest TO press, the Pioayune's statisti-
clan will himself figure out a majority
Of delegates to the State Convention
for McEnery.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

SUNDAY morning last Mr.. J. B.
Lswton, editor of the New Iberia Ea.
terprise, was shot and slightly wound
ed by Mr. W. B. Merchant, ex-post-
master at New Orleans. The affair
grew out Of a newspaper controversy.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

yN thursday q last week MIS-.
samea Smith q RoeknaFi, Ca gave
algth g twin bogs on Enaag Mrs.
Arn emlth presented her hasbaua
With 3 boy and gir an5 Sunday
ssrs George snitAs s nc sa
brother gave hirth 70 thses daush.
tsfs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16
j. W. BRYAl

THE parishes of Concordia, West
Baton Rouge and Livingston elected
ls MoEnery delegates to the State
Convention Monday.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

The Great Eastern, which original
Iy cost So, 900, and was sold year
ago for &125,OOO, has again been sold
at auction in Liverpool for 100000.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16
LAKE CHARLES. LA.


The following table gives result of
election in parishes that had elected
delegates up to Wednesday night. In
several of these parishes there are con-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

liz his speech at the mammoth
mass meeting held in Baton Rouge
last week, Hon. E. w. Sutherlin, of
DeSoto parish, paid the ladies of the
state this compliment: "There is
nothing that gives mo more eneour-
agement and convinces me that Gov.
McEnery is going to carry this state
than the aid, and the encouragement
and sympathy the ladies are giving to
the movement here and elsewhere in
bis behalf. When Gov. McEnory was
advertised to speak at our place, the
ladies turned ont in full force. They
decorated the stand and strewed it
with flowers, and made the occasion
a pleasant, d successful and memor-
able one.n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

The death is announced in Temple,
Tex Of Prof. John J. a. Patton su-
periniendept Of The public schools Of
that city. He was . native Of Louisi-
ana and fifty four years Of age. he
married Miss Maggie Thompson ID
1924 and removed u Texas II she
following year His Temaina we're ii.
tered q Brenhan, Tex. His wlaog
and two children auTFiye him. As
John Failon, p Shreveport Is us sol
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

The following prisoners have been
sentenced: Andrew Perkins, larceny,
1smonths Penitentiary; William Jones,
larceny, G months PenlteDtiary Levi
Blake, horse stealing, Is months Pen
itentiary Morris Collins, braking and
entering shop, 5 years Penitentiary ;
Nathaniel Hayes, forgery, years Pen
itentiary Alzena Ryan, inflicting
wound less than mayhem, months
Penitentiary; Jenkins Hadnot, rape,
Penitentiary for life Joshua Perkins,
larceny, IS months Penitentiary Ed.
Hagan, larceny, 80 days Parish Prison,
Geo. Mentz, assault and battery
Parish Prison; Bob. Mansfield, sever
ing crop from soil ;--Parish Prison.
In five cases of concealed weapons a
fine Of $50 in each case was imposed.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

DNE pf lhemany ridicnlona charges
brought against GOV MdEaery u tha'
pie administration has been "A per
sphal one;g that he has ipvaFiabt
appointed his friends 70 Office A.
individual never seeks aagiee from Il
ensmy neither Is il customary for e
pzaantiss - aeiep5 his appsiatse
from ba raahs q ha politiaal oppon
.en ghs = aili
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16

lETEgS TRAINING School.

THE FALL TERM OF Four Months, Of the
nlove school wiz close on the 23rd inst. There
viii be an examination of al the GLASSES, with
reeitations declamnttunB, Dialogues, debates, as
says, ETC., beginning on the 2lst INST. Fatrohs
and friends of the school are expected % De
present, III,
THE STRING TERM, Of Six Months VIII
open on the first hI0Rday-the2d day-Ot january
For circulars terms or any special information
nnpfy to- JOEL, 4 DAWES, or
ideSi6Im. WALTER W. DAWES.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16
TERms OF COUNT.

FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
GALOASIEU Parrish
NoE-JUKY Term, Feb 8, August 30.
JURY TERN, April IS, Nov. p.
VERNON Fa4ri&js--
Noy-JURY TERM, May 2+--Noy. l.
JURY TERM, April august 8.
GAALEROK TqriSl--
NoE-JuRY TERM, December ID,
JURY TERM, July 10.
Arrival and Departure Of Mails
nf Lake Charles.
ARRIVALS;
Malls from the East. ...........' PIG z. n N
as 4" West......-..... ll;9o 7. M.
81. 3" II East.........-... $50 a. NJ.
IS Ri" West............ 0:3l A. d.
DEPARTURES
Mails for the West, closes, -. Ss45 ?. N.
Z" F" East - .... $50 ?. N.
81 4" Fl West -. 2:a5 A. u.
East -. 600 A. N.
Office Hours, 500 A. NJ TO 500 P. N.
snndays, ........... 800 A. M. to $50 A. NJ.
Registry and Money Order, $50 A. N. to 500
Pm
MARY j. LEVEQUE, P. n.
Lake Charles, La, Oct, "a, 1887.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16
TIE LAEE EHRRLEs EeHp.
RAlras On ADVERTISING

Entered III ase RasteBles al Lake Charles, Lon
isiaasa, al Second Class Matter.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
Old Steamships.


The first ocean steamer ever seen in
the bay of San Francisco pufed through
the Golden Gate on the 28th day of
February, in the year 1849; the pen
nant at the masthead displayed the
name "California. The hull of that
pioneer steamer is still afloat as part
and parcel of a bark of the same name.
Between 1849 and the beginning of this
year 1872 other, steamers. tramps''
not counted in-puffed through the
same water gateway TO enter upon the
work of fetching and carrying for the
Californians, and the San Francisco
Bulletin has had the curiosity to look
up their history and ascertain what mas
become of them. As to feur it is un-
able to get any definite information;
their fate is involved in mystery. Of
the others, it finds forty-six have been
wrecked, fifteen have been burned,
twenty have been broken up in port,
twelve have been converted into sail.
ing vessels or hulks, seventeen have
gone elsewhere for business, and forty
eight (nearlv all irony are still in SER
vice. 1t finds further that ill-luck seems
to have chung to certain Names, two
San Franchises have been wrecked, and
three Americas have been burned.
Golden seems to have been unlucky,
too; the Golden City and Golden Gate
came to grief at sea, and the Golden
Age is now fetching and carrying for
the Japanese.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
Fanny Kemble at Eighty-six.

New York Correspondent Boston
Globe: The annual paragraph, stating
that Fanny Kemble is not dead yet is,
see, going the rounds. At Sc years
she still, I am told, preserves her fex-
ible and harmonious voice and her
fine and stately manner. Since her
divorce from Pierce Butler, nearly
forty years ago, and her resumption
of her maiden name, she has been the
lion OF Lenox wherever she was in
America, and that now fashionable re-
sort owes its public favor to her advo-
cacy of its attractions. There is one
fact in connection with Mrs. Kemble
that do not recall having seen in
print. This is her relationship TO the
Grants. 1t is by marriage only. She
was the daughter of Charles Kemble,
and the granddaughter of Roger Kemble.
Her sister Adelaie, who died in 1879,
was IN operafio singer of celebrity in
her day. She married in 1843 one of
her admirersg an Italian gentleman Of
wealth, who withdrew from the stage.
The name of her husband was Sartoris.
and her som A'gernon Charles Sar-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19

Iponnd Of butterin May. The quantity
|of milk required 70 produce q pound
TofSbutter duriflg the femainde aof the
year was; For Juno, 81 pounds; July,
~ pounds; August, rs pounds; sep
tcmber, pounds; October, 18pounds;
November, 16 pounds, and December,
10 pounds 1t does not imply that
during the summer season the guam
tity of milk yielded by the COW was
less than that yielded In winter, but
that it was not as rich III cream.
These changes were effected, not by
the quantity of the food but by its
quality, as the COW had abundant pas
turage in June, although it required
"a pounds Of milk to produce / pound
of butter during the month. Novem-
Der to March are periods of the year
when cows are fed on. concentrated
food, and consequently they receive
more attention from the dairyman.
The yield of milk may be less, but the
proportionate quantity of butter may
be greater. The time of calving also
affects the quality, while the severity
of the cold, as well as the shelter and
protection given, must also be consid-
cred. The experiment shows how
difficult it is to estimate upon the but
ter production of a COW. The food
and its quality is the most important
feature of management, and the tests
of cows for week only may not rep
resent the capacity for longer time.
No matter what the breed may be-.
upon the management depends the
value and capacity Of the animal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
A Lake Superior Iron Mine.

Gen. James S. Barnett of Cleveland
was one of the first investors in the
now famous Lake Superior iron min
ing region. He is soldierly looking
man of IS or 60. with large face of
yellowish-white hue and a snow-white
mustache and goatee. Talking the
other day about the experiences of the
pioneer iron mines about Marquette
he said: 81 was one of the original
stockholders in the Cleveland mine.
1t has paid dividends amounting to
some $1,000 900 in the thirty years it
has been operated. But it began by
pulling long and hard on its stock
holders. The first iron was brought
out of there in pork-barrels on sleds.
Then we were assessed to build a COR
dufoy or plank road that cost $50, 900.
Before that time the assessments had
been moderate, but this road nearly
ate us up, was obliged TO spout my
stock to get money to pay assess
ments. Three years later the man
who loaned me the money insisted
that I should pay him back, and / was
unable to do it. Twas so discouraged
that told him to take the stock and
cancel the debt. He wouldn't do 1t,
however, and i managed to keep the
interest paid. Soon after the diYi-
dends began to be declared and gradu-
ally paid off the debt TWAS long
time until we got transportation facil-
titles by rail and steamboat"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
A Snake Story From Georgia.

Fort Gaines (Ga.) Star: Mr.. Pugh
Kirkland, who has been away some
days visiting relatives, has returned
and closes the season by the following
snake story: It seems that. he. and
others were fishing, when he discov-
cred a very large water moccasin near
by. Providing himself with stick, he
gave battle and soon succeeded in an
Initiating his writhing antagonist.
Conceive of hiy horror, however, when
Immediately another live and well
snake crawled from the mouth of the
dead one and continued the fight. 1t
in turn was finally despatched. when
behold another one, just a size smaller,
appeared on the scene, and again the
battle proceeded with fury. Having
disposed of this one, still another one
came to the front, which in turn was
followed by others until he had slain
fifteen or fifty-one, and we have for
gotten which. But at any rate. they
were still coming promptly to time as
every round was called, when Pugh be-
came exhausted and threw up the
sponge and betook himself to fight.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
An Interview with Thos. D. crump.

An lQte1VleW Will nus ~ Stuibps
A journal reporter called on Mr..
Thos. D. Crump and obtained from her
the following information in regard to
his recent luck in The Louisiana State
Lottery: s.Mr. Crump, I understand
that you drew prize in The Louisiana
State Lottery drawing on the eth ult?"
Il did"
What was the number of your tick
et?" "29, I46." ID
ssDid it represent the whole prize,
or part of the prizep" "a part
one tenth of the second capital
'.What amount did you receiver
"$5, 00O.n
.Was it paid without rebate or
drawback, or did you receive the full
amount the ticket represented" 81
received the full amount. "
How long after you were notified
that your ticket had drawn before yon
received the money!" Eight days. "
..How did you collect the money!
.Our Jonesburg Bank collected it
through the Laclede Bank of st. Louis,
and paid it to me. y
..Do you consider that the business
of The Louisiana State Lottery is con-
Quoted fairly; thatis, without partial
ity or favorp'' Il certainly do. -
Jonesburg (Mo.) Journal. Sept. 8.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
Night Air.

SIT often has seemed queer to me
that SO many object to night air in
their bedrooms" observed an intelli-
gent gentleman. 1--WE can't breathe
any other at night. The choice is be-
tween probably pure air from without
and certainly foul air from within.
Half the diseases from which we suffer
are caused from keeping The windows
down. The quietness, the absence of
dust or smoke, etc., make night the
best time for airing patient. In great
cities night air is often the purest that
can be had in the twenty-four hours.
1t is conceded that the air in London
is never SO good as after 10 o'clock at
night. Windows ere made to open,
doors are made to shut, yet too many
seem to forget that. keep bed
room windows open these summer
nights, and there isn't more healthy
family than mine. Philadelphia Call.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19

toris, married Nellie Grant IN 1874.
Thus the tie 81 wedlock makes little
Nellie Grant, Of the White House, q
sort of greats randuiece Of the great
Mrs. Siddons, and the niece Of her
greatest successor.
1t was stalwart family old Roger
Kemble founded, and its notifications
embrace pretty much all Of the world
Not the least curious episodes Of it are
those which involve the history OF his
granddaughter with her unhappy
American marriage, and which mingle
the blood Of a race Of tragedians with
that Of one of the greatest soldiers the
Western continent has produced.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
CARE OF COLTS.

At about the end of the sixth month
the colt should be weaned. During
the summer and autumn months he
should be allowed to be at grass, which
if suceulent and abundant, will be all
that is required as food. When taken
up in the autumn sufficient quantity
Of the best English hay, with two OF
three quarts of bruised oats, should be
given daily. Twice during the week
the colt should receive a few carrots
cut up and given raw or steamed,
which would render them more easily
assimilated, and to these q little bran
should be mixed.
Plenty of fresh, clean water should
be accessible to the animal. Protection
from the weather at all times should be
provided, and during the cold season
warm, well ventilated, sunny quarters
are extremely important.
The first year of the colts life, es-
pecially the first winter, is the most
critical period of his existence. If
through neglect he is allowed to get
out of condition he win never quite re-
cover from the effects. Consequently
proper food, and an abundance of it,
with care to cleanliness of his per-
son and his quarters, are most essen
tiaL
Grain never produces a large belly,
either upon the colt or the adult; GER
tainly not unless fed out in the most
extraordinary manner, Which would
prove destruction to the animal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
DurIzKor QUE DAnDIEs.
Its History From the Beginning IL I7ss
Until Nov.

Its History From the Beginning ID I7ss
Until Now.
The Financier gives the history Of
the American dollar as follows:
Our word dollar dates back to 1855,
when resolution was passed by con-
gress which provided that itshonld be
the unit Of money Of the United States.
Another resolution was passed in 1885,
Aug. S, providing that it should weigh
1864 grains of pure silver. This YVES
due to the influence of Alexander Ham
ilton. No, dollars were coined until
1894, and then irregular. They are
worth now 800 each. In 1894 the
coinage irregular dollars began. Our
coin was an adaptation of the Spanish
plilled dollar, a coin very popular
wherever the Spaniards travelled. The
coin was called "piastre, !" meaning a
fiat piece of metal; it is synonymous
with plaster. 1t is supposed that the
Spaniards took the German ssthaler''
and called it by the name OF "piastre. y
The word dollar Is entered in Bailey's
English dictionary of 1745, and YVES
used repeatedly by Shakespeare at the
beginning of the seventeenth century,
especially in Macbeth ii: 2, 81: It'll
she disbursed !. $4,000 to our
general use.' (See also the Tempest,
ii: l, 17.) The question where Shake
speare found the word dollar is an
swered by the fact that the Hanseatic
towns maintained great establishment
called the Steel Yard in London. The
Steel Yard merchants were mostly
North Germans, who would call the
German thaler as if it was spelt 'sdah-
ler." The same merchants originated
the word sterling, an abbreyiation of
the word "esterling.' As the Han
seattle trade was particularly brisk on the
Baltic and in Russia, the standard
coins of the Hanse merchants were
called esterlings, and sterling came to
mean something genuine and desirable.
The word dollar is the English for tina
Ter, the first of which was coined about
y1485, and corresponds quite closely
to our present American silver dollars.
The word thaler means "coming from
dale or valley the first dollar hav.
ing been coined in a Bohemian valley
called Foacnimsthal. 1t was under
Charles ", the emperor OF Germany,
king of Spain and lord of Spanish
America that the German thaler became
the coin of the world.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
The Boston Woman.

From the Boston Gazette: A fortune
teller can hit q weman's case nine
times out of ten: you've had sick
ness and trouble You'll have some
property fall to you. You do not have
full confidence in your husband. You
have a very gentle nature. Everybody
loves you. You hive had trouble with
relative. 1t was not your fault. Be
ware of a blue-eyed woman with q
mole on her left cheek. She will make
you trouble. Good bye--one dollar
call again.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
A DAY OF DAYS.

Each rose before the SUP, and saw the moon
A slender golden curvature embost
On the green eastern sky, which brighten'd
TIL in lis crimson wavelets she WAS lost;
And so began perfect day in June.
The river spsrkled, birds voiced, breezes
A laughing world Of low'rs; blue shadows
cTost
The sunshine OF the long, warm afternoon.
But who inherited this wondrous daya
Two happy lovers. 1t was made for them,
OF time not measured by the moon or sun.
Both felt that It would never pass away,
And now, when music in the dusk was
done,
King Love had all the stars for diadem.
w. Allingham, in Longman's Magazine.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
No Flies on Him.

Detroit Free Press: He had been
driving stranger around in his hack
for a couple of hours, and finally left
him in front of the City Hall.
show much?" asked the man as he
got out.
"Well, let's see. You got in
"Come, now, I'm on to your little
tricks!' interrupted the stranger.
They told me at the hotel what it
ought to be. Here's 81, and if you
think you can get any more come down
and see metz
well, I'll have to take it, I sup
poser"
'.You bet you will! I'm from back
county, but there are no flies on me. :"
"How much were you going to
charge him?" asked a citizen of the
driver after the other had left
"Not over 80 so at the outside, and
only 81 if he had klckedn' eackled
Jehu, as he gathered up the ribbons.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
Removing Serious Obstruction Gently.

Dynamite and giant guitpowder might
answer admirably te remove distractions
from He'll Gate in East River, New York. but
explosive measures in medication are ever
attended with disastrt US consequences.
For instance, the bowel cannot be violent
ly wrenched with safety, nor is there the
slightest necessity for so doing On the
contrary 1t is most unwise. None but tho
purblind adherents of ant iqudted theories
In medicine advise or sanction such a
course. To weaken the intestines @fhe eff
feet OF drastic purgation-is tocompromise
the heath of the entire system. With
Hostetter's Stomach i,ters, on the other
hand, the bowels are relaxed. not by q con-
yulston ofnature approxia ating to al erup-
ton Of Mt. Ponocatapeti, but gradually
beniBcially, without any wtenching or
a. iching. 1ihe liver and stomach. as we'll
as the bowels are toned and benefited by
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-10-19
A Dangerous Name.

Wife (who has heen very silent all
through breakfasD John Smith, you
talked in your sleep last night about d
Miss Ford. / distinctly heard you say
she was daisy. And you the father
of familyp Mother shall hear OF
this.
John (who has been to the races ~
Miss Ford, my dear, is q horse. M
Wife-John, love, let me send you
some hot coffee. -Harper's Bazaar.